#Netgally.
I was a little intimidated by this cookbook. The recipes are extremely detailed, and the author recommends measuring ingredients by weight instead of with cups. (She does give the cups measurements also) It is very specific about ingredients and tools. I think I'm an good baker, not a pro.. So while I found this intimidating, I also like a challenge. This doesn't come out until Nov.of 2022! But I will be buying a hard copy.

#Wondrouswednesday @Eggs 🍁
Thank you for the tag @DarkMina 🖤
1. Hogwarts for sure, but I want out after Goblet of Fire, things got real after this one.
2. My sister had a sweet baby girl 👶 on Monday, so thankful both are safe and healthy.🙏💖

I absolutely loved the first book in this series, Hollow Kingdom. So I was really worried this one would let me down because second books are rarely as good.😒 But this must just be my jam🎶, because I loved this one too.😃😁 I went in not knowing much about the plot. And other than reading the first book, I would recommend others doing so too. It was such a nice surprise. I really hope she makes this a trilogy at least. I want more!!🐾

#thinkpositivebepositive
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
This is my favorite time of year🍂🍁🍃

#Two4Tuesday
Thank you for the tag @TheSpineView and @Nute 🍁
🦊1. I'm pretty easy, I'm happy with Barnes and Noble, but it's been forever since I've visited Tattered Cover the independent book store Colorado is famous for. I haven't been in since its under new ownership.
🦝2. I don't, but maybe I should. It might help reign me in, lol! I really just love to browse and look at ALL the books. 📚

#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94 🌚
🎃 It's usually my favorite month, but I was sick for alot of it unfortunately. But had a good reading month 📚
🦃 Thanksgiving and voting in the Goodreads choice awards.
🦝 My friend got covid and got really sick. So grateful she is bouncing back.

#WonderousWednesday @Eggs
Thank you @DarkMina🖤 for the tag!
I forgot to.come back and do it yesterday

🍁The Babysitter's Club, I loved them so much, so glad Netflix has adapted them recently.
🍁Rainy☔🌧 and cold and and snowy❄.
🍁 My mom's chicken 🐔 noodle soup🍲. It's delicious 😋

#BookspinBingo #Doublespin
@TheAromaofBooks
Thank you for hosting this ❤ Now that I'm out of my slump this has me so motivated again. I'm not likely to get a Bingo, but I'll give it my best shot.
Happy Reading! 🍁

#Bookspinbingo #Doublespin
@TheAromaofBooks
I'm excited for both of these!

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. Productive😊
2. Not yet.

#Bookspinbingo #Doublespin
@TheAromaofBooks
I am not going to finish anymore books today, I'm more than half done with my #doublespin pick Feral Creatures, but I'm really enjoying it and didn't want to rush through🤎. My free spot was Hood Feminism, but no bingo this month. Happy Halloween 🎃

This book gave me so much to think about, I try to always be an ally but this book shows that I can do more. I need to not just be an ally but an accomplice.This gave me an opportunity to interrogate myself and look at situations in new ways. I definitely would like to read more from this author.

First, this is gory.🩸 So if you are uncomfortable with violence, blood or the mention of maggots, this is not for you! I loved Jade the MC, in middle school I would have followed her around like a puppy. She is the town outcast, obsessed with Slasher horror films, and at loose ends after graduation. Until bodies star showing up and she realizes she is in her own real life slasher. This was a great read for Spooky season 🎃 and the ending is EPIC.

#BookspinBingo #Doublespin
@TheAromaofBooks
I'm reading 2021 releases this month for the most part. I'm going to have to start with the first three, then my bookspin and doublespin. Maybe a Bingo this month!!

#thinkpositivebepositive
Thank you for the tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤ & @Eggs
Happy Halloween Weekend🎃

#WonderousWednesday @Eggs
Thank you to @DarkMina 🖤
🎃 I'm in the middle of 3 books, the tagged book, Hood Feminism and listening to My Heart is a Chainsaw
🎃 Giving out candy and reading 📚
🎃 Today...Chocolate. Somedays you need to find that one small joy and today it's Chocolate.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. Not much of a rereader, but I'd like to either listen to or read the tagged book.
2. I hope so, I'll be ready with candy. My Chihuahua loves it to see all the kids at the door. I missed it so much last year.

This was just a fun witchy🧙‍♀️ rom-com perfect for Spooky season. I found parts of it really funny and really loved the small town vibe. Super cozy! I would love to spend my Halloween there🎃. Throw in a ghost👻 and it was a good read for this time of year. Nothing too serious, a little spicy in parts, enjoyable and amusing.
Finally got one, @TheAromaofBooks #Bookspin, stated my doublespin this morning!😁

This book was not what I expected. Not your typical romance with a typical happy ending. While I loved Anna and Quan's love story (Quan is my new book boyfriend💕), this one goes a bit deeper and is more about Anna accepting that she is on the autism spectrum and navigating her way through a family tragedy. The author also says this is her story too, both her and Anna went through a creative block that almost breaks them. I enjoyed this, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

#Wondrouswednesday @Eggs 🎃
Thank you for the tag @DarkMina 🖤 and @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💗
1. I'm a list maker, and I love spreadsheets. So love notebooks and fancy pens.
2. Yes! Finally out of a reading slump!🕺💃
3. My mom. 💜

Better late than never!
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
Thank you for the tag @DarkMina 🖤
1. Both! Give me all the 🧙‍♀️ and wizards🧙‍♂️, throw in ghosts👻 and vampires🧛‍♂️ for good measure.
2. All the Harry Potters!

#thinkpositivebepositive
Thank you for the tags, @Eggs 💜 & @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💗
I need this advice today😆, dealing with my bank 😫

Wow! So this just happened!😄 Took me 5 years to reach 5000, less than a year to reach 10k. I don't know even what it means, but I goal oriented so it makes me happy.😊

This book is a sloooow burn 🔥 mystery for sure. I get why so many people DNF'D this. But I am glad I stuck with it. This takes place in 1970's Mexico City filled with political unrest and student protests. It follows two MC's both who get tangled up in the search for a missing woman. If you can get through the beginning of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo or a book like it, this will be a piece of 🎂 ⬇️

#thinkpositivebepositive
Thank you for thinking of me @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🌼🌼🌼

#thinkpositivebepositive
Thank you for tagging me @Eggs I appreciate you always thinking of me.🌸

#thinkpositivebepositive
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Thank you for tagging me, thankful to have you as a friend. 😊

#thinkpositivebepositive
Thank you for the tag @eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
I have to believe things will get better.

#wonderouswednesday
@Eggs 🍁
Thank you for always thinking of me @DarkMina 🖤
You are the best!
1. This month just #bookspinbingo and the #shesaid group read. Loving Hood Feminism.
2. I love Broccoli 🥦 and this time of year zucchini 🥒
3. My amazing bestfriend. She has really been my ride or die. I would be lost without her.

#thinkpositivebepositive
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤
Thank you for the tag @Eggs 😊
I always make my own fun!

I received this book from my Litterati subscription. For my second month I joined Roxane Gay‘s book club, Audacious. I read more poetry when I was younger and in college, but it‘s been awhile since I have really read any poetry deeper than Shell Silverstein. So I am not going to act like I understand more than I do when reviewing this book. And what I can say is; that I like the way that Donika Kelly puts words together. ⬇️

So this is the one book I read in September, and kind of put the nail in my reading coffin ⚰. I really wanted to like this book, but I really did not enjoy reading it.
I was given a subscription of Litterati from my family, and for the first month I chose Kelly McGonigal‘s book club, The Joy Collective, and this was the first book I received. It sounded great to me. And I did enjoy some parts of this story. ⬇️

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView 😊
Thank you @DarkMina 🖤 for the tag.
🎃1. Because I'm behind I'm reading 5 books right now.
Renunciations (poetry by Donika Kelley)
Hood Feminism, Velvet Was The Night, My Heart is a Chainsaw & The Heart Principle
🎃2. So far I am enjoying all 5. I usually only like to do 1 book and 1 audiobook at a time. It's crazy reading this many at once.

#Bookspinbingo #Doublespin
@TheAromaofBooks

#Bookspinbingo #Doublespin
@TheAromaofBooks 🎃
Got some spooky reads on here!

#Netgalley (I actually read this in August and am just now posting my review😳)
First thing, I am trash about going back and reading classics. So while I have seen a few of Shakespeare‘s plays I have not read many of his books...I have read one, Romeo and Juliet…. in high school. Per the blurb this book is a retelling of Hamlet, a feminist, queer and magical retelling. Since I haven't read or seen either the play or adaptation,⬇️

#Bookspinbingo #Doublespin
@TheAromaofBooks 🧡🖤🧡
So good thing I read like a fiend👹 the beginning of the year because that mid year slump was a killer🪦. I like to vote in the Goodreads choice awards, so to fight my slump and give me the best chance of voting I'm only reading 2021 releases for Oct and Nov. Except for some of the free spaces, could be older audio books and joining in a group read. Thank you for all you do!

Happy October, friends! I took an extended break from all things bookish (including Litsy 😕) because of a wicked book slump and grown up annoying things! But I think I'm finally excited to get back to reading and seriously need the downtime. Thank you to everyone that tagged me while I was away including @DarkMina and @eggs. I'm gonna get into Bookspin Bingo @TheAromaofBooks if I can, have my list ready to post. Missed seeing all of your posts!

#itsfallyall @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🍁
My favorite time of the year!🎃
Thank you so much for the tag @5feet.of.fury 😊
🎃1. PSL, basic or not, they are delicious.
🎃2. Candy corn pumpkins, but I just can't.
🎃3. Oh yeah, I do a kind of Edgar Allen Poe thing on my mantle.
🎃4. Any vampire 🧛‍♂️ or witch 🧙book.
🎃5. Coffee cups, blankets, crafts supplies.
🎃6. My kindle and bookmarks

#thinkpositivebepositive
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Thank you for the tag @Eggs
❤

#Falltreasures #Publishedyearyouwereborn
@Eggs & @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
I loved Benji!

#FallTreasures #Lesserknownbook
@Eggs & @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
This book is about old timey lady boxers, it was pretty good.

#Falltreasures #GrandparentsDay
@Eggs & @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Catching up!

@Littensdressedinblood #Monstermash
@MidnightBookGirl 🌚
THIS BOOK!! I didn't understand what this book was about when I started. I thought it was a mystery thriller. Nooope! SCARY!

#Littensdressedinblood #EnterSandman
@MidnightBookGirl 🌚
A day late, but here it is!

#FallTreasures #911(20years)
@Eggs & @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
💔

#FallTreasures #2wordtitle
@Eggs & @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
I really enjoy Koontz, but I loved this one.❤

#Littensdressedinblood #Creep
@MidnightBookGirl 🌚
This guy, what a creep! It's basically a narcissistic murderer blaming his victims and braggingabout how he got away with it.. It made me so angry.🤬 The only reason I don't feel terrible for even reading it is because the proceeds went to the Goldman family.

#FallTreasures #Midlifecrisis
@Eggs & @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🌷

#WonderousWednesday @Eggs ⚘ Thanks for the tag!
1. New York, California and New Orleans
2. Alone time. Love my friends and family, but I recharge being alone.
3. Tagged book. It was so good.
4. My home, my kitchen, cooking!🍳